Youth curfews are popular. In poll after poll‚ Americans support laws that restrict teenagers’ activities during certain hours of the day and night. Youth curfews are also logical. If youngsters are getting into trouble‚ it makes sense to get them off the streets. There’s only one problem with youth curfews: They don’t work. And we shouldn’t kid ourselves that they do. Yet that’s what we’re doing in Philadelphia‚ where Mayor Nutter recently extended a 9 p.m. curfew on Friday and Saturday nights
Premium Crime Criminology Juvenile delinquency
When it comes to teens having curfews‚ it does help keep them out of trouble. Parents don’t like setting a curfew for their teens‚ but it is sometimes enforced. Curfews where set in the 19th century when America’s cities swelled with millions of unsupervised teens. Like laws mandating school attendance and banning child labor‚ the argument went‚ curfews would improve individual lives even as they protected the social order (Zimmerman). Curfews are to help protect the teens from getting in trouble
Premium Crime Adolescence Drinking culture
The one law that I would change is the law of curfews for minors. The 14th amendment of the United States Constitution states that any state shall not “deprive any person of life‚ liberty‚ or property‚ without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." However‚ many cities and states in the U.S. currently enforce curfew laws that deny young teens under the age of 18 their right to be in public places or to drive after certain hours. These
Premium United States Constitution Law Crime
Curfews Establishing curfews for teens fewer than eighteen will be very beneficial in the community. Community curfews will determine the likelihood of teen’s futures. Not only will there be less violence but also‚ parental authority‚ and health benefits. Having a curfew for teens will give them less time for violence. No curfews in community’s results in vandalism. Many schools‚ parks‚ and local hangouts are being destroyed with inappropriate writings and drawings due to vandalism. Also‚ the
Premium
freedom is human nature. Everyone wants to have his or her own space and time to manage. As teenagers‚ we sought for independence and try hard to decide for ourselves‚ but our parents set a lot of rules at home for us and sometimes even strict family curfews. Thus it has often been argued by teenagers that their parents are too controlling and do not give them enough freedom. In the modern society‚ students think that controlling parents are “old-fashioned” and “should loosen up”. Other feels that “it
Premium Adolescence Crime Childhood
In the U.S.‚ cities are debating if teens should have a curfew in order to keep them out of trouble and safe. During a person’s teenage years‚ teens often feel like no one understands them; they are trying to seek their own independence and most of the time it ends them getting into trouble. Having a curfew in place also means that kids under the age of 18 have to be under some sort of adult supervision and keeps teens of the roads at later hours. Parents tend to feel more relieved when they know
Premium Adolescence Childhood Young adult
Curfews Imagine you couldn’t sleep one night or you are bored and you want to go on a jog or go for a walk‚ on a warm summer night or to even get some air after a long night or day. Unfortunately in Fort Madison and other cities all around we have curfew of a time of 12 so we aren’t able to do those things we would like to do without being pulled over by a cop or getting in trouble even when its minor things we are doing such as simple run on a cool summer night. For several reasons‚ cities shouldn’t
Premium Crime Criminology Police
and states in the US that are enforcing a curfew law for all teens. A curfew law shouldn’t be necessary to keep teens out of trouble. Teenagers are just kids and are going to make mistakes. You can’t punish all of the teenagers in the town‚ because a few are getting in trouble. It’s unfair to kids and unfair to the parents that have trust in their kids. You don’t want to punish all of the teenagers with a curfew law‚ because it limits the teens lives. A curfew law gets teenagers home before a certain
Premium Childhood Adolescence Puberty
home for their kids and sometimes even strict family curfews. But do they work? Can they really keep teens out of trouble‚ or do they make it worse? Parents like to give curfews for their children like "you have to get home at XX time" and "you can not go anywhere without my permission‚" etc. If they are grounded‚ they may resist it and get into trouble sometimes. In Irvine’s (2009) article‚ she cites Sanchez’s words that giving family curfews is like "putting a Band-Aid on the problem" (para.
Premium Parent Family Childhood
Curfew struggle Does a curfew keep teens out of trouble? A curfew is designed to set rules within a home while still providing freedom for the child. Many parents believe curfews will help prevent teen delinquency and keep teens out of trouble. Curfews are also meant to cut down on dangerous activities such as drinking and driving. Giving teens a curfew is a nice way of telling them they are too stupid to make decisions on thier own and can not be trusted to come home at a decent hour
Premium Adolescence Drinking culture Alcoholic beverage